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  SG1021 

 
The wee sma' glen


words by Marion Angus (1864-1944)


set to music by Frances Cockburn

for soprano, alto, tenor and bass chorus


SATB  performance time approx  1m 15s











Composer's note


This is a little celebration of the magic beauty of still, out of the way places.


Two companion Marion Angus settings are Mary's song and Winds of the world, both published by Canasg.  A recording of The wee sma' glen by Rudsambee company of singers is available on the album bottled at source (RUBEECD003).















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 Words 



The wee sma' glen




The water dreeped frae stane tae stane,

The wild rose bloomed and dee'd its lane,

But lip tae praise it there was nane, 

Till Mary cam' tae the Wee Sma' Glen.


It wasna when she pu'ed the briar

Nor lauched tae see the rowans' fire,

But when her e'en grew saft and weet

At sichts ower fair and soonds ower sweet.


The whisper gaed frae hill tae hill,

The very herps o' Heaven grew still;

God minded on the Wee Sma' Glen,

And kenned it wasna wrocht in vain.


Marion Angus 


We have so far been unable to verify copyright of this poem.






Glossary

cam' - came 

dee'd - died

dreeped - dripped

frae - from 

gaed - went 

herps - harps 

its lane - alone

lauched - laughed  

kenned - knew

minded on - thought about

nane - none 

ower -  extremely, unusually 

pu'ed - pulled 

rowan - a native Scottish tree whose leaves turn bright red and orange in autumn

saft - soft 

sichts - sights 

soonds - sounds 

stane - stone 

tae - to 

wasna - was not 

wee - small

weet - wet

wrocht - wrought






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Companion pieces

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